Organize students in pairs. (The ideal pair consists of two students who do not know each other. Provide each student with a blank sheet of paper and a colored marker. Instruct the students to interview each other. Each student must come up with five facts to share with his or her partner -- but the "trick" to the activity is that the students can't record those facts in words; they can use only pictures! The students will have a good laugh at some of the caricatures they draw; they might even help each other figure out how to draw certain things. When the pairs have finished interviewing, students share their pictures as they introduce their partners. Teri Hofferd, St. Joseph's Collegiate School, Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Teri Hofferd, St. Joseph's Collegiate School, Brooks, Alberta, Canada